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Towels in Innsbruck with the words "DON'T PANIC" on Towel Day. Within the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy universe, towels are regarded as indispensable equipment for experienced travellers, since they can be put to a wide variety of uses. Consequently, a person who can quickly adapt to virtually any new situation is said to know where their ...
The follow-up book explained the importance of towels in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy universe in Chapter 3, using much of the same wording as the original radio series: A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [a] [b] is a comedy science fiction franchise created by Douglas Adams.Originally a 1978 radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4, it was later adapted to other formats, including novels, stage shows, comic books, a 1981 TV series, a 1984 text adventure game, and 2005 feature film.
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish is the fourth book of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy "trilogy of six books" written by Douglas Adams.Its title is the message left by the dolphins when they departed Planet Earth just before it was demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass, as described in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Ford Prefect (also called Ix) is a character in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by the British author Douglas Adams.His role as Arthur Dent's friend – and rescuer, when Earth is unexpectedly demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass at the start of the story – is often expository, as Ford is an experienced galactic hitchhiker [1] and explains that he is actually a journalist, a ...
"Don't Panic" (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), a catchphrase from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams; Don't Panic: The Official Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Companion, a 1988 book by Neil Gaiman
Slartibartfast is a character in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a comedy/science fiction series created by Douglas Adams.The character appears in the first and third novels, the first and third radio series (and the LP adaptation of the first radio series), the 1981 television series, and the 2005 feature film.
The Illustrated Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has him portrayed by Francis Johnson. When Mark Wing-Davey's academic commitments prevented him resuming the role of Zaphod for the 2013 tour of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Live Radio Show", comedian, songwriter and author Mitch Benn was cast in the part.